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take a listen to rupert murdoch and his take on this issue as he was questioned yesterday. >> mr. murdoch, do you accept that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted. "news of the world" is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world. who are proud and great people and distinguished people. >> so, felix, people are left scratching their head thinking is it possible that he didn't know what was going on or is it other than maybe plausible deny ability, he was more just i don't want to know, just get it done? >> yeah, there's an interesting tug of war going on at this point. here you have scotland yard and the government essentially saying, well, we were misled by news international executives. what you saw yesterday, which was pretty amazing, is you had rupert murdoch and his son james saying actually we were misled. the police report said there was no widespread phone hacking going on at our papers and we had no
take a listen to rupert murdoch and his take on this issue as he was questioned yesterday. >> mr. murdoch, do you accept that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> no. >> you are not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it and then maybe the people they trusted. "news of the world" is less than 1% of our company. i employ 53,000 people around the world. who are proud and great people and distinguished people....
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thanks in part to rupert's wife wendy who jumped up to defend murdoch. while the hearing gave up humble and pie, we didn't get any answers. >> was there anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> can you explain why? >> did anyone bring this fact to your attention? >>.blackmail charge, no. i can't answer. i don't know. i don't know anything about that. >> i don't know. >> you are responsible -- you're not responsible? >> no. >> the people i trusted to run it, and then maybe the people i trusted. >> can a man who knows so little and blames everyone else continue to run a media empire? joining me now to answer that question, from london, msnbc's martin bashir, and "vanity fair's" contributing editor sarah ellison. she's written extensively on news corp. and the phone hacking scandal. thank you both for being with me. i've read your piece. let me start with you, sara. what was your impression of the temperature today. we saw a man that seemingly didn't know anything, that seemed his age. he's 80, in fact he country stopped them
thanks in part to rupert's wife wendy who jumped up to defend murdoch. while the hearing gave up humble and pie, we didn't get any answers. >> was there anyone else at your organization investigate this at the time? >> no. >> can you explain why? >> did anyone bring this fact to your attention? >>.blackmail charge, no. i can't answer. i don't know. i don't know anything about that. >> i don't know. >> you are responsible -- you're not responsible?...
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rupert murdoch will testify at parliament tomorrow, this is the big headline, all over the phone hacking scandal that's rocking his media scandal. meanwhile there was a new arrest of a top exec over the weekend, and now the head of scotland yard and his assistant are resigning. if you're keeping score so far, there have been three high-profile resignations, ten arrests and it is not over yet. jim maceda is live in london to bring us up to speed on this. jim, good morning. >> reporter: hi there, thomas. make that four high profile resignations. just a couple of hours ago scotland yard's number two, john yates, also resigned under increasing, extraordinary, really, pressure. that on the heels on his boss's resignation last night. commissioner paul stevenson, he was the head of scotland yard. he, if you will, fell on his sword and said that he could not in good conscience continue with all the challenges to keep the peace in great britain as he and specifically his relationship with the murdock media empire became such a focus of attention. he was calling it a major distraction, which could
rupert murdoch will testify at parliament tomorrow, this is the big headline, all over the phone hacking scandal that's rocking his media scandal. meanwhile there was a new arrest of a top exec over the weekend, and now the head of scotland yard and his assistant are resigning. if you're keeping score so far, there have been three high-profile resignations, ten arrests and it is not over yet. jim maceda is live in london to bring us up to speed on this. jim, good morning. >> reporter: hi...
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. >> let's look at the empire rupert murdoch has put together for himself. news corp. controls movie divisions, 20th century fox. pay-per-view channels, newspapers, we look at different brands, we're all familiar with them, brought in $33 billion in revenue last year and generate $32 billion in cash each year -- generate $2 billion in cash each year. is there a threat for such a diverse organization? >> he brought in someone who cleans up messes of administrations to help clean up news corp. here and contain the problem. the big thing for murdoch, he wanted a family dynasty. looks like so far, it has been sacrificed and everybody involved wasn't a murdoch. james murdoch may not survive. elizabeth murdoch may come back into the company. as far as prosecution here in the u.s., maybe not so much. i understand the foreign practices act going into the tactics of news corp. is an unusual interpretation. and everybody here will see what happens in uk to have a clear picture. this could run for years. watergate took two years until nixon eventually resigned. this one isn't goi
. >> let's look at the empire rupert murdoch has put together for himself. news corp. controls movie divisions, 20th century fox. pay-per-view channels, newspapers, we look at different brands, we're all familiar with them, brought in $33 billion in revenue last year and generate $32 billion in cash each year -- generate $2 billion in cash each year. is there a threat for such a diverse organization? >> he brought in someone who cleans up messes of administrations to help clean up...
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james murdoch, son of rupert murdoch, admitted to making mistakes. the paper, which came under fire, "news of the world" when phone messages of a missing 13-year-old girl were hacked and the girl was found dead months later. apparently they had hacked into the phone and also deleted messages and that gave the family hope that this young girl was still alive. the story has britain seething, wondering how this could happen. britain's prime minister even got involved, launching an investigation. but again, the big news coming that the "news of the world" to close and its last edition coming this week. we'll be following more on that story right here on msnbc. back with more right after this. s to stay ahead of her class. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who
james murdoch, son of rupert murdoch, admitted to making mistakes. the paper, which came under fire, "news of the world" when phone messages of a missing 13-year-old girl were hacked and the girl was found dead months later. apparently they had hacked into the phone and also deleted messages and that gave the family hope that this young girl was still alive. the story has britain seething, wondering how this could happen. britain's prime minister even got involved, launching an...